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81 The Present Truth, vol. 11 April 4, 1895, page 214 paragraph 21
… of Pontifex Maximus, and in that capacity he issued an edict the next year regulating divination by means of the entrails of beasts. Therefore since his law …
82 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 October 6, 1887, page 624 paragraph 14
… XIII., Pontifex et rex .” Now rex is Latin for king, and that inscription means Pope Leo XIII., Pontiff and king. The Roman police found some of these medals on sale …
83 Sunday: The Origin of its Observance in the Christian Church, p. 91.5 (Ellet Joseph Waggoner)
… of Pontifex Maximus; and when the triumphal arch was reared commemorative of his victory, he was careful to place thereon the statues of the old gods, as well …
84 The Origin and Growth of Sunday Observance in the Christian Church, p. 24.4 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
4. Historians freely testify that at and after the time of issuing his Sunday decree, he was a worshiper of Apollo, the sun-god, and to the close of his life, about 337, retained the title of Pontifex Maximus, or high priest of the heathen hierarchy.
85 The Origin and Growth of Sunday Observance in the Christian Church, p. 26.4 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… of Pontifex Maximus, or high priest of the heathen hierarchy. His coins bore on the one side the letters of the name of Christ, on the other side the figure of …
86 Review of the Two Sermons of Rev. R. G. Baird on the “Christian Sabbath”, p. 59.6 (Joseph Harvey Waggoner)
… a Pontifex Maximus, or high priest of the heathen hierarchy. His coins bore on the one side the letters of the name of Christ, on the other, the figure of the sun …
87 History and Doctrine of the Millennium, p. 20.2 (Henry Dana Ward)
… , and Pontifex Maximus of pagan Rome, who regulated the worship of images and demons, while he lived in the name of Christ, and was himself deified and worshipped …
88 The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 8 September 25, 1844, page 58 paragraph 7
Pontifex. Sir, since attentively observing the ceremonies of your consecration, I am utterly at a loss, whether to consider yourself and the present inhabitants …
89 The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 8 September 25, 1844, page 58 paragraph 10
Pontifex. Your claim of being the Successors of Peter the Apostle very much surprises me.—Peter I never saw, but I well remember Paul, who was a very plain man …
90 The Advent Herald, and Signs of the Times Reporter [Himes], vol. 8 September 25, 1844, page 58 paragraph 20
P’x. Very good! In this respect you have restored the ancient “ Collegium Sacredolum ,” by whom and from whom the “Pontifex Maximus” was chosen before the time of the first Emperor.
91 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 96.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… Germanicus, Pontifex Maximus, of tribunican authority for the twelfth time, imperator the twenty-sixth time, father of the country, consul for the fifth time …
92 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 251.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… elected Pontifex Maximus, became also, as emperor, the supreme civil ruler of the Romans, then, as head of the Roman state and head of the Roman religion, all the …
93 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 251.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… as Pontifex.
94 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 251.4 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Pontifex Maximus was suppressed, and all the dignitaries of paganism were cast down from their seats of influence and of power, which they had still been …
95 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 252.1 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Pontifex Maximus were merged in the Roman one....
96 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 252.2 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Pontifex Maximus, while others, refusing it themselves, appointed a pagan priest, until the reign of Gratian, who, refusing to do either, abolished the office …
97 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 406.3 (General Conference of SDA)
… ] Christianorum Pontifex, [4] summus sacerdos, [5] Princeps sacerdotum, [6] Vicarius Christi, [7] Caput corporis Ecclesia, [8] Fundamentum adificii Ecclesia, [9] Pastor …
98 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 412.5 (General Conference of SDA)
… Pope, “Pontifex Maximus,” is entirely pagan. In all pagan countries, Babylon, Egypt, Rome, Peru, etc., the king or emperor was the chief priest, or Pontifex Maximus …
99 Handbook for Bible Students, p. 413.5 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Pontifex Maximus, and the orders, offices, sacerdotal dresses, symbols, doctrines, sorceries, and idolatries of the priesthood of Rome directly derived …
100 Source Book for Bible Students, p. 215.4 (General Conference of SDA)
… of Pontifex Maximus were merged in the Roman one....